trapezoid

noun

trap·e·zoid | \ ˈtra-pə-ˌzȯid

Definition of trapezoid

1a : a quadrilateral having only two sides parallel

b British : trapezium sense 1a

2 : a bone in the wrist at the base of the metacarpal of the index finger

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From an angle, a square looks like a trapezoid, so Vector can just translate that skewed shape into a position. — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, "The new Anki Vector robot is smart enough to just hang out," 8 Aug. 2018 To the north, where the facade meets Milan’s skyline and becomes mostly glass, cantilevering over the street, the block breaks into a zigzag of shifting floor plates, rectangles and trapezoids, the whole building wedged onto a triangular plot. — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, "Shape-Shifting Art Tower Completes Prada’s City Within a City," 15 June 2018 The piece is the anchor for Butterfly Park, a trapezoid of grass and flowers created by neighborhood residents with the support of the Milwaukee Christian Center, which also commissioned Tia's new mural. — Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Better Angels: Tia Richardson's newest mural is one neighborhood's vision of better things to come," 5 July 2018 The Montreal native was the last real standup goaltender as the position moved almost exclusively to the butterfly technique, and his puck-handling prowess led the NHL to institute the trapezoid behind the net as a way to increase scoring. — Stephen Whyno, chicagotribune.com, "Gary Bettman, Martin Brodeur, Willie O'Ree top Hockey Hall of Fame class," 26 June 2018 Some of them are straight lines, some are spirals and rectangles and trapezoids, and some are animals: whales, ducks, hummingbirds. — Angela Chen, The Verge, "Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the scientist who studied the mysterious desert lines of Peru," 15 May 2018 The monument, a 5,000-pound trapezoid of white concrete, is in a small clearing near the center of this tiny Berkshires town, overlooking the Housatonic River. — Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, "Things aren’t looking up for UFO monument in tiny town," 9 May 2018 The bedroom’s shape could be described as a parallelogram attached to a trapezoid. — Joan Walden, courant.com, "Property of the Week: 290 Mountain Spring Road, Farmington," 13 Apr. 2018 The aluminum green trapezoid represents greenspace that could occupy the void where the Trade Center plaza once stood. — William Neuman, New York Times, "A Modern Touch at City Hall With Help From a Museum Seeking Money," 5 Apr. 2018

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